Poster
Object number2010.39.143
Artist
Alonzo Earl Foringer
(1878 - 1948)
Copyright holder
American Red Cross
Date1918
Mediumpaper; ink
Credit LineTransfer from Steel Industry Heritage Corporation
DescriptionRectangular printed poster. Black and white image of a Red Cross nurse, holding an injured soldier on a stretcher: image resembles the Pietà. A red cross is in background. Text to left and below the image has fundraising message.Dimensions41.875 x 27.875 in. (106.4 x 70.8 cm)SignedArtist name on image, "A E FORINGER".
InscriptionsText to left of image: "Red Cross / Christmas / Roll Call / Dec. 16-23rd".
Text below image: "The / GREATEST MOTHER / in the WORLD".
Handwritten on back: "RED / CROSS / POSTERS / 1918."
MarksText on bottom left edge "2 X D- 2 ©1918 BY AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS".
Historical NotesPart of a collection related to the Schofer family of Mt. Washington. Carl Schofer, who emigrated from Germany in the mid-1800s, was a highly skilled fresco artist. After buying a house on Mount Washington, he taught his son, Erwin, the business. When Carl died, Erwin inherited the family business. Due to the Great Depression and Erwin’s struggles with alcoholism he lost the business. During the Works Progress Administration (WPA) he was hired as the lead painting contractor for the county. Later in life he taught art at the Connelly Skill Learning Center. He died in 1955.
Related person
Erwin Schofer
(died 1955)
Related person
Carl T. Schofer
(1860 - 1920)
On View
Not on view
c. 1918
Erwin Schofer
